The Marta Ortega Pérez Foundation will kick off on November 22nd Wonderland, which will be the first major retrospective in the State dedicated to Annie Leibovitz. The event will take place at Muelle de Batería in A Coruña and will run until May 1, 2026, with special attention to the author's role in fashion and her way of narrating through portraiture.
The project brings together decades of work in a unique itinerary that crosses music, visual arts and fashion photographyLeibovitz's well-known ability to transform intimacy into icon and portrait into story is presented here in panoramic key, in a montage designed for the space of the Battery Pier of A Coruña.
Dates, location and context of the program
The exhibition will open its doors on November 22th and can be visited until May 1th 2026 at the Muelle de Batería. This is the sixth major exhibition of the MOP Foundation in A Coruña, a program that has placed the port of Hercules as a reference for the major exhibitions of contemporary photography.
A female milestone in MOP programming
Leibovitz becomes the first woman who headlines a large-format exhibition within the MOP Foundation program. The lineup of previous authors includes Peter Lindbergh, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn y David Bailey, which underlines the importance of this new event in the exhibition calendar.
A tour in four unpublished chapters
The exhibition is structured in four sections which, although they have been shown separately on other occasions, had not been presented together until now. The start is an immersive installation focused on Leibovitz's work with the Rolling Stones during the 1975 tour, an experience that captured the group's on-stage energy and off-screen intimacy.
The journey continues with early years y Stream of Consciousness, two sections that allow us to follow the evolution of his perspective and understand how he consolidated his narrative voiceThrough portraits of figures such as John Lennon, Patti Smith o Bob DylanIn addition to landscapes, interiors and objects, we can see how each image becomes a small story.
The fourth chapter, Wonderland, condenses the photographer's work in fashion and style, offering a closure that connects with the most creative and scenographic dimension of her work and emphasizes the visual construction of characters and atmospheres.
Wonderland: Fashion, Style, and Staging
En Wonderland they present themselves more than 100 impressions, many of which have never been seen before, along with video installations. Some of this material comes from reports produced for high-profile publications such as Vogue, where the author has developed scenes that balance theatricality and personality.
Leibovitz has stated on several occasions that she did not pigeonhole herself as a fashion photographer, although over time she understood that these images fit into her work as a whole; a reflection that here takes shape in a selection that demonstrates how her visual language transcends labels.
Critics and colleagues have described his way of seeing as an invitation to explore foreign worlds with curiosity. In the words of industry experts, his camera acts as a guide that leads us through settings we would like to visit, an appreciation that fits with the narrative ambition of this retrospective.
Film, publication and close voices
The exhibition is completed with a film and a publication Produced specifically for the occasion by the MOP Foundation. Both materials expand the context of the images and provide insight into the author's processes, decisions, and working methods.
The editorial and audiovisual project includes interviews with Leibovitz's regular collaborators, including Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Gloria Steinem, Karen elson, Tina Brown, Mary howard y Phyllis PosnickThose who have posed or worked with her emphasize that her style of portraiture ultimately influences how the public perceives the people she photographs.
The arrival of Wonderland The visit to Muelle de Batería reinforces A Coruña's role as a destination for major photography events and offers, in a single tour, the keys to a career that has been able to tell stories through faces, gestures and atmospheres; all of this underlined by the seal of the MOP Foundation and a museographic proposal that aims to be as clear as it is immersive.
